IE5/Mac and standards

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I don’t know why the gurus keep heaping praise on IE5/Mac’s “standards-compliance.” One must wonder what “standard” they had in mind when the browser absolutely insists on "text-align: left" even while the <div> class clearly says "text-align: center". Bottom-line is that many pages break in IE5/Mac and only there, when I know that my CSS is up to par. Mozilla gives me no such grief. Grrr.

“Okay, Murphy…”

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Work three weeks to redo the site design and backend, test it across every single browser there is, stay up till 3am uploading and debugging the thing, fret all day about how it’ll look for presentation at Digital Thesis Seminar class… And then, whoa, hey, the school’s internet connection is down today.

And on the eighth day, God said, “Okay, Murphy, you take over.”

Inbound from 2001-2002

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Changelog 9/10/2002

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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a more refined style for the inside pages, with a lighter, more readable color scheme and less contrasty titles. Backend-wise, I’ve applied valuable OOP lessons to produce a more integrated PHP template class, eliminating the mile-long arguments which used to open each page using the old template functions.

The portfolio has likewise been refined, from its somewhat kludgy initial iteration, to something more thematically consistent with the rest of the site.

The guestbook is gone. I’ll probably replace it with a forum or perhaps a more interactive guestblog, when I have the time.

There’s still a lot of stuff I want to do: redo the mobile blog, tweak the blog menu, add a “recent referrers” script, get down to that “lab” section, a put in a search engine, maybe aim for Strict XHTML 1.1 validation, … but for now, I need to get to sleep. Of course, I haven’t swept up the mess; please tell me if any errors or problems appear. (I know the Trackback and Comments templates are still a bit troublesome.)

Shaken, stirred.

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I don’t know but that a broken heart is just part of life, and I suppose I am a stronger man for having experienced it. Though I’m not sure where this journey will finally lead, I walk it with my hand in His, and I know that He will never let go. Never.

Don’t ask. I won’t answer, except that it’ll all work out.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Unsinkable!

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At last, they’ve made the Titanic truly unsinkable! (Until it hits a needle, that is.)

Old Otterbein

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I woke up too late to reach worship at Valerie’s church this morning, so I hopped across Inner Harbor to scope out the service at Old Otterbein, the oldest church in Baltimore. It was my first Methodist service, though the format was largely similar to that of most conservative Protestant services I’d attended at other Presbyterian and traditional Baptist churches in the past. The people were warm and welcoming, the hymns were heartfelt, the sermon was stirring, and post-worship biscuits and iced tea (too hot a day for coffee!) were quite good. Definitely a church I’ll be returning to during my stay here in Bawlmer.

Since I’m still in the church-hopping stage, perhaps I should sign up to become a Mystery Worshipper? On the other hand, I’m not sure I have the heart needed to give publicly negative reviews to a bad church.

Ellen Feiss Nude

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It has begun. I suppose I should compose some Feissty Photoshop funniness just so that no one comes away from that search term completely emptyhanded:

Ellen Feiss + a Muscle and Fitness photo + stupid non sequitur humor = this horror

(If you are the real Ellen Feiss, I sincerely apologize for my feeble attempts to capitalize on your celebrity status. Please do give me a call so I can express my good will.)